1. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, every person holding an original license to practice chiropractic in this state shall pay to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, on or before the first day of January of each year, a renewal license fee of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) effective January 1, 2003. In addition, each licensee shall present to the Board satisfactory evidence that during the preceding year the licensee attended sixteen (16) hours of a continuing education program administered by a chiropractic association whose constitution and bylaws have been approved by the Board and whose continuing education program meets the minimum standards established by the Board pursuant to its authority under Section 161.6 of this title. Three (3) hours per year of continuing education credit may be obtained by attending a national chiropractic association meeting. The Board may, in its discretion, waive the continuing education requirement for a licensee if the licensee has presented to the Board satisfactory evidence that said licensee was unavoidably prevented, by illness or otherwise, from attending such a continuing education program.

2. B. The Board is authorized, but is not required, to establish a reduced renewal license fee, in an amount less than One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00), for each of the following classes of licensees:

   1. 1. Persons who hold an original license, but who are sixty-five (65) years of age or older and are not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state; and

   2. 2. Persons who hold an original license, but who are nonresidents of Oklahoma and are not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state.

      Each such licensee shall file a statement with the Board that the licensee is not actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state, and shall not engage in the practice of chiropractic in this state during the succeeding calendar year. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, each such licensee must comply with the other requirements of subsection A of this section in order to receive a renewal license.

3. C. The Board shall, upon determination that a licensee has complied with the requirements of subsection A or subsection B of this section, issue a renewal license to said licensee.

4. D. In the event a licensee fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the original license of such licensee shall, upon order of the Board, be suspended or revoked; provided, however, that the Board may reinstate the original license of such person upon:

   1. 1. Payment of a reinstatement fee in an amount fixed by the Board not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00);
   2. 2. Payment of the renewal license fee for the calendar year in which the original license is reinstated; and
   3. 3. Presentation to the Board of satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirement of this section for the calendar year in which the original license is reinstated.

Laws 1937, HB 459, c. 24, § 3, emerg. eff. May 25, 1937; Amended by Laws 1947, HB 51, c. 5, § 2, emerg. eff. March 17, 1947; Amended by Laws 1963, SB 302, c. 108, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963; Amended by Laws 1967, SB 302, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Amended by Laws 1972, HB 1625, c. 250, § 5, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 565, c. 268, § 7, emerg. eff. May 14, 1982; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1790, c. 182, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1990; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, § 11, eff. October 1, 1991; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 164c by Laws 1991, SB 461, c. 265, § 22, eff. October 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 1032, c. 390, § 6, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2917, c. 181, § 1, eff. November 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, SB 975, c. 255, § 4, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available).